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Mr. Venkatraman Balakrishnan, also known as Bala, is the Founder, Partner, and Chairman of Exfinity Venture Partners LLP. Mr. Balakrishnan served as the Head of BPO, Finacle and India Business Unit at Infosys Ltd. He served as Vice President - Finance at Infosys Ltd and also served in various capacities in Finance department. Mr. Balakrishnan served as a Whole-Time Director of Infosys Ltd. from June 11, 2011 to December 31, 2013. He served as the Chief Financial Officer ... at the firm from May 1, 2006 to October 31, 2012. Mr. Balakrishnan's areas of responsibilities included corporate finance, international taxation, risk management, and mergers and acquisitions for the whole group. He served as Secretary and Senior Vice President - Finance of Infosys Ltd., from joining it in 2001 to April 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Balakrishnan served as Senior Accounts Executive at Amco Batteries Limited. He is the Chairman of MicroGraam. Mr. Balakrishnan serves as an Independent Director of Tejas Networks Ltd. He is a Member of Advisory Board of Avekshaa Technologies. He is a Member of Board of Singular Capital Investment, Infosys and served as Chairman of the Board at Infosys BPO Limited and Chairman of Infosys Lodestone. Mr. Balakrishnan served as Director of Infosys Technologies Australia Pty Limited and Infosys Consulting, Inc. He is a also the trustee of Akshaya Patra Foundation. Mr. Balakrishnan has been a recipient of the "Best CFO" award from CNBC and Finance Asia. He has 22 years of experience in leadership positions in the finance domain, with expertise in corporate finance, international taxation, risk management and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Balakrishnan received a B.Sc. from the University of Madras.

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